Technical Director (Ruby, PHP, JS)
Location: US, NY, New York City
Department: Engineering
Salary range: 100-150
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Director
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Internet
Function: Engineering

Company profile:
AREA 17 is an interactive agency. We take an interdisciplinary approach — blending the practices of design, technology and branding — to create modern interactive systems.We care about the web and its future. It has become a large part of our lives – entering our offices, living rooms and even our pockets. It is changing the way our world operates. We believe the web should be an extension of our daily lives, not a distraction from it. To this end, our mission is to make the web a better place — for work and for life — by delivering solutions that are equally valuable, sustainable and enriching.AREA 17 is located in New York City and Paris, France. We are independently owned and creatively motivated. Learn more

Job description:
We seek a hands-on Technical Director with the experience and the skills needed to successfully take web application projects from inception to completion. The candidate must have experience leading, creating and launching large-scale user-centered websites and applications. The ideal candidate is passionate about the web and is a respected contributor to the web development and/or open-source community. Reports to — Director of TechnologyLocation — Williamsburg, BrooklynPayment — Based on experience (Please include your requirements)Status — Full-time with benefitsPrimary Responsibilities:Engineering Team LeadershipPlan and Lead the Web Development Process Technical Recommendations and Systems ArchitectureWeb Application Development (hands-on)Business Analysis and Requirements DefinitionResearch and Experimentation

Requirements:
Languages and Frameworks:AREA 17 developers applications in Ruby based frameworks (Rails, Sinatra) and PHP based frameworks (Laravel, Zend, Wordpress) depending on client needs. Ruby is our preferred language. We are looking for someone who has advanced web development and leadership skills in both, however we understand that this is often not the case. We will consider applications that have advanced skills in only one, as long as there is a desire to learn the other. Required Skills:6+ years of experience developing applications for the webStrong leadership and communication skills (written and verbal)Ability to implement optimization, scaling and caching techniquesDevOps: understanding of server and cluster structures and deploymentsUnderstanding of HTTP API developmentUnderstanding of HTML, CSS and JS developmentDesired Skills:Keen interest in learning new languagesRespect of industry-accepted standards, specifications and best practicesAbility to learn new development techniques as neededExperience planning and managing projects using agile development methodologies (Scrum, Lean)Familiar with Mac OSX environments, we don't have any PC'sWould be nice if you also did:iOS, Android, Windows app development

Benefits:
Generous Health and Dental PackageMetroCard Program (Pre-tax, 50% co-pay)15 vacation daysAll bank holidaysClosed between Christmas and New YearPing Pong